Well this is just heartbreaking. Worlds being pushed back a month must have seriously affected her training. She lost the Lutz completely at this Championship and couldn't do a Flip at all in the LP either.

Rachael looks off--she's getting little height on these jumps, a combo screw up then a pop. Oy. It looks like a struggle but she's fighting through it. Another pop on the flip! She will likely not maintain her current position. Far, far from her best.

And with that, the US can kiss goodbye any hope of 3 spots for next year.

ETA: Noticed that somebody above mentioned something about her ankle. Is this something new or has she had this for a number of weeks? Because if it's the latter, I'll be pissed.

She had a bad ankle, foot, or whatever at GP Final and instead of withdrawing to allow a substitute to participate, she tried to stick it out and it was a disaster. She had no business skating at that competition. If I find out she went into this competition already injured/compromised, and selfishly didn't pull out in favor of the next USA substitute, she will lose most of the respect points I had given her in the past.